Title:  Safety Manager

About John Holland:

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do.
We’ve always known that construction is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day.
That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.
Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.

About the Project:

The Princess Alexandra Hospital Expansion Project is a major healthcare infrastructure initiative in Brisbane designed to increase capacity and improve access to specialist health services for Queensland’s growing population. The project will deliver 250 new inpatient beds, additional cancer treatment bays, expanded pharmacy and medical imaging facilities, and upgraded clinical spaces through the construction of new levels above the existing Emergency Department. As one of Queensland’s busiest tertiary hospitals, Princess Alexandra Hospital provides world-class trauma, transplant, cancer, rehabilitation and acute care services, with the expansion ensuring it can continue to meet increasing healthcare demand and support better patient outcomes for years to come.

About The Role:

As our Safety Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of health, safety and environmental initiatives across the project, ensuring compliance with legislative, contractual and company requirements. The role will see you working closely with the Project Leadership Teams, you will drive a proactive safety culture, provide expert guidance on risk management and compliance, and support project teams and subcontractors to achieve outstanding HSE outcomes. You will be responsible for overseeing incident management, investigations, reporting, stakeholder engagement, injury management and continuous improvement programs, while leading and developing a high-performing HSE team. This position will see you play a critical role in ensuring a safe, healthy and environmentally responsible workplace for all personnel throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead and maintain compliance with the project HSE Management System, legislation, regulations and contractual requirements.
• Partner with project leadership to drive a strong safety culture and promote safe behaviours across the workforce.
• Provide specialist HSE advice and support to project teams, contractors, clients and stakeholders.
• Implement risk management processes, including hazard identification, risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
• Lead HSE audits, inspections and assurance activities, ensuring corrective actions are effectively closed out.
• Manage incident reporting, investigations and regulatory notifications, ensuring lessons learned are embedded.
• Develop and deliver HSE training, improvement initiatives, emergency response programs and leading indicator activities.
• Manage subcontractor and supplier HSE compliance, onboarding and safe systems of work.
• Monitor, analyse and report on HSE performance, maintaining compliance and risk registers to drive continuous improvement.
• Lead and develop the HSE team while supporting stakeholder consultation, injury management and return-to-work programs.

What we are looking for:

• Diploma in Work Health and Safety (or equivalent) and/or a degree in Safety, Environment, Project Management or a related discipline.
• 5 years + experience in HSE leadership within construction and major project environments or similar
• Lead Auditor qualifications in Safety and Environmental Management.
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAE) desirable.
• Strong knowledge of WHS and environmental legislation, regulations and compliance requirements.
• Proven experience in qualitative and quantitative risk assessment, management and control implementation.
• Demonstrated capability in auditing, compliance management, stakeholder engagement and driving positive HSE outcomes.

As part of the team, you can help us transform lives.

Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to our long-term success.
We want you to be with us for the long term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

We offer:

Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.

Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.

Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you'll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

Learning and development opportunities where you'll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong - that's why we're working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We've also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.

Flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it's flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we're committed to helping our people work flexibly.

John Holland does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV's that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies